Airsoft Action - September 2023
Welcome to another full-to-the-brim copy of AIRSOFT ACTION, and to kick things off this month we’ve gone a bit “polymer crazy” as we focus on THREE new models, all of which are polymer-bodied! Headlining this time is our “take” on the final production version of the VORSK VMP-1, and Jimmy, Ben and Bill have all been hammering this new GBB to find out if the reality lives up to the promise (spoiler… it DOES!). Bill then gets properly involved with the G&G FAR 556 (yes, a FOLDING AR!) and the latest entry-level AEG from HUNTSMAN TACTICAL that’s sure to please many players on a budget! Miguel lands his report on the VIPER VX GEN2 Plate Carrier after some heavy use and abuse, the LEGION get into their favourite Multicam kit as a new sequence of THE CAGE commences, and Stewbacca, ably assisted by Military Anny, continues to delve “Inside Airsoft”, meeting some of the people behind the "names" as they visit RA-TECH and Soloman Taiwan. There’s FIFTEEN more AR SBR AEG models under the spotlight as RED CELL reach the halfway point of their extended testing program, and Bill gets techy (a rare thing indeed!) with an awesome thermal sight from HIKMICRO! To round things out this month there are a couple of mammoth AA LEGION reports the first of which covers some very special CQB Training in the UK, along with Stewbacca's report on the now-annual POLK 3 MilSim game in Taiwan… if you like your airsoft hot and full-on then you need to check this out! As usual we hope that there’s a little of something for everyone to dip into this month; and remember… “If it’s in airsoft, it’s in AIRSOFT ACTION”!
Welcome to another full-to-the-brim copy of AIRSOFT ACTION, and to kick things off this month we’ve gone a bit “polymer crazy” as we focus on THREE new models, all of which are polymer-bodied!
Headlining this time is our “take” on the final production version of the VORSK VMP-1, and Jimmy, Ben and Bill have all been hammering this new GBB to find out if the reality lives up to the promise (spoiler… it DOES!). Bill then gets properly involved with the G&G FAR 556 (yes, a FOLDING AR!) and the latest entry-level AEG from HUNTSMAN TACTICAL that’s sure to please many players on a budget!
Miguel lands his report on the VIPER VX GEN2 Plate Carrier after some heavy use and abuse, the LEGION get into their favourite Multicam kit as a new sequence of THE CAGE commences, and Stewbacca, ably assisted by Military Anny, continues to delve “Inside Airsoft”, meeting some of the people behind the "names" as they visit RA-TECH and Soloman Taiwan.
There’s FIFTEEN more AR SBR AEG models under the spotlight as RED CELL reach the halfway point of their extended testing program, and Bill gets techy (a rare thing indeed!) with an awesome thermal sight from HIKMICRO!
To round things out this month there are a couple of mammoth AA LEGION reports the first of which covers some very special CQB Training in the UK, along with Stewbacca's report on the now-annual POLK 3 MilSim game in Taiwan… if you like your airsoft hot and full-on then you need to check this out!
As usual we hope that there’s a little of something for everyone to dip into this month; and remember… “If it’s in airsoft, it’s in AIRSOFT ACTION”!
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ARMOURY<br />
G&G FAR 556<br />
to compress it to daypack size! It’s light<br />
at just 2020g, and sized to be properly<br />
usable as a carbine when fully deployed.<br />
It has some unique features that will not<br />
only protect the hop-unit when folded<br />
and in carriage but ensure its longevity<br />
as a trusted AEG, along with enough<br />
operating choices to keep any player<br />
happy. Of course time will tell as to the<br />
overall durability of the system but that’s<br />
what we do in our RELOADED column<br />
after time, so watch out for more at a<br />
later date.<br />
So, ultimately, should G&G<br />
have spent time (and money!)<br />
developing the FAR system<br />
because they thought they<br />
could do it? Darn right they<br />
should… in every way!<br />
The FAR is going to be the<br />
absolutely ideal AEG for the<br />
city-based player that takes<br />
public transport to their<br />
local CQB site, as once in a<br />
daypack with some<br />
shorty hi-caps<br />
nobody will have<br />
“Clue #1” that<br />
you’re<br />
transporting an<br />
AEG that can be “good to<br />
go” within seconds! It’s also going to<br />
be ideal for OPFOR players that want<br />
a “sneaky beaky” platform to creep past<br />
BluFor, and I can see snipers absolutely<br />
loving it as a backup, so a win in so<br />
many respects when it comes to playing.<br />
But the overwhelming thing I take<br />
from the creation of the FAR is that once<br />
again G&G have looked somewhere<br />
different, been inspired by a concept,<br />
and then turned that into a reality.<br />
Has this changed overall<br />
performance of the AEG as<br />
a platform? No, of course it<br />
hasn’t… BUT it HAS shown<br />
that a properly-engineered<br />
hop unit can be made to work effectively beyond<br />
perhaps the parameters that we thought possible, and<br />
this in itself in ground-breaking.<br />
As I said earlier, the FAR is FUN, but it’s also a very<br />
good AEG, and for many players around the globe it<br />
will be THE THING that they’ve waited for; for this,<br />
and so many reasons, I say again “Well played G&G,<br />
very well played indeed!”<br />
My sincere thanks as always go to Rick and Apple<br />
at G&G Armament (www.guay2.com) for facilitating<br />
the early delivery of the model tested. AA<br />
“AT THE END OF THE DAY THEN YOU HAVE A SUPER-COOL AND MODERN LOOKING<br />
POLYMER AR WITH TRIED AND TESTED INTERNALS MARRIED UP WITH A SYSTEM<br />
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO COMPRESS IT TO DAYPACK SIZE! IT’S LIGHT AT JUST 2020G,<br />
AND SIZED TO BE PROPERLY USABLE AS A CARBINE WHEN FULLY DEPLOYED”<br />
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